CrPC Section 453 — Payment to innocent purchaser of money found on accused

Official Text

When any person is convicted of any offence which includes, or amounts to, theft or receiving stolen property, and it is proved that any other person bought the stolen property from him without knowing or having reason to believe that the same was stolen, and that any money has on his arrest been taken out of the possession of the convicted person, the Court may, on the application of such purchaser and on the restitution of the stolen property to the person entitled to the possession thereof, order that out of such money a sum not exceeding the price paid by such purchaser be delivered to him.

Referred to by

• CrPC §454 — Appeal against orders under section 452 or section 453
• CrPC §456 — Power to restore possession of immovable property

Related Judgments

• NIDHI KAIM vs STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH & OTHERS ETC — Supreme Court of India (2016)
• NEVADA PROPERTIES PRIVATE LIMITED THROUGH ITS DIRECTOR vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR — Supreme Court of India (2019)
• SUNIL BHARGAVA; Represented by:; Mr.Siddharth Aggarwal with; Ms.Stuti vs CBI — Delhi High Court (2018)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BNSS §499 — Payment to innocent purchaser of money found on accused